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Sun, 08 Oct 2017 16:30:41 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/Comment on Merger Proposal Reconfigured by Melanie Colehttps://pawletvermont.com/2017/10/06/merger-proposal-reconfigured/#comment-3681
Sun, 08 Oct 2017 16:30:41 +0000http://pawletvermont.com/?p=1283#comment-3681Here is a link to the legislation regarding the designation of NY schools.http://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/16/021/00827
And here is an excerpt from Act 46
Sec. 2. GOALS
By enacting this legislation, the General Assembly intends to move the State
toward sustainable models of education governance. The legislation is designed to encourage and support local decisions and actions that:
(1) provide substantial equity in the quality and variety of educational opportunities statewide;
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Sun, 08 Oct 2017 16:17:57 +0000http://pawletvermont.com/?p=1283#comment-3680Alexa – You have been are misinformed . 16 VSA 827 is an old piece of legislation that allows for the designation if NY High Schools. Act 46 was enacted two years ago and mandated the merger of schools districts. There are 5 goals of Act 46. The first is to provide equity, statewide. This goal is the reason the state board of education rejected our merger plan because it cannot be met with continued designation to NY schools. Google 16 VSA 827 – I think it’s (e) that specifies Rupert and Pawlet and Google Act 46.
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Sun, 08 Oct 2017 08:38:47 +0000http://pawletvermont.com/?p=1283#comment-3679Act 46 is what makes designation to NY schools possible, which is what is creating the inequity for families of those two towns. Merging will only leave the question of designation to NY schools until the voters can again vote to again designate, and most of the voters doing that are people without children in the school system, basing their ideals on “traditions” and helping two towns that are part of another state.
Act 46 would have to be amended to indicate that NY schools cannot be designated in order to continue to be able to send students there, it should only be through school choice.
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Sat, 07 Oct 2017 22:58:49 +0000http://pawletvermont.com/?p=1283#comment-3678I would agree with Alexa’s points with one exception. Act 46 provided an opportunity for our communities to have equity. Without the mandate we would have never had the opportunity to address designation without an enormous and litigious effort . We should not disiolve Act 46 – it would perpetuate inequiity here.
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Sat, 07 Oct 2017 04:49:48 +0000http://pawletvermont.com/?p=1283#comment-3677Very good account of the meeting. I think it’s important to highlight the fact that these board members don’t have children in school and are making decisions for the families and children of these towns that are beneficial to the towns in NY, not Pawlet and Rupert. It is not a matter to be left again to the public! I think the merger would allow school choice for only a short while. The person suggesting that letting the state decide could possibly lead to Poultny being the designated school is far from the truth, it is so far from Pawlet and Rupert that it would not be a possibility. Was that the case for Wells?
There should be another mention of how school choice would impact the communities and its businesses, if you look at the real estate listings, most towns that have school choice use that as a selling point to attract buyers- therefore, having school choice in these towns will directly affect sales- school choice will awaken the real estate market, raise property value and bring more families to the area. As far as facts about any tax increase, it’s been presented in the past, it would mean an increase of cents to a dollar and some cents per household. I hope the state gets involved and dissolves Act. 46 which is the propeller of inequity in these communities.
The division is created by those who misusing their authority to take away the right families should have under the law and that is their constitutional right, and by force families to attend a school in another state. That is something that is questionable and questions the integrity of those making those decisions, who should not be in a position of authority.
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Fri, 06 Oct 2017 18:02:49 +0000http://pawletvermont.com/?p=1283#comment-3676Great job Eve! I find the comments from members of the committee and community about democracy to be concerning. In a democracy there is oversight from the State to ensure that we all have certain provisions and rights. In this case equity. In our situation the electorate has opted to vote away those rights
to maintain an artificially low tax rate. The ruling from the State actually gives me renewed faith in our democracy.
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Tue, 06 Sep 2016 20:31:03 +0000http://pawletvermont.com/?p=1123#comment-3477The aid to Salem provided by the NY state aid management system often exceeds the amount that Rupert pays in non-resident tuition. Further the resident tuition in Salem is higher than what Rupert pays. The formula used to determine the amount of aid in NY is based on tax rate (Rupert’s is the lowest in the state) and the number of children in need. In short we are used to up the state aid to schools who historically spend more and provide less. Another catch phrase of the designation side is “local control ” – perhaps it’s time to redefine that phrase.
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Sun, 28 Aug 2016 12:33:00 +0000http://pawletvermont.com/?p=1072#comment-3476Hello Linda…. it is a page I setup some years back and Eve is writing the current information on the school transition.
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Sun, 28 Aug 2016 12:20:37 +0000http://pawletvermont.com/?p=1072#comment-3475Great work Eve!
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Sat, 27 Aug 2016 18:44:37 +0000http://pawletvermont.com/?p=1072#comment-3474Thanks for the information. May I ask who is writing for this webpage?
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